Conveyer.



No. 683,604. Patented Oct. l, [90L 6. W. HUNT &. C. 0. KING.

GONVEYER.

(Applieation filed Sept. 10, 1900.) (No Model.)

IliiiiIiiiT UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

CHARLES IV. HUNT AND CHARLES 0; KING, OF WEST NEW BRIGHTON;

'NEW YORK.

converse.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pateht No. 683,604, dated October 1, 196i. Application filed Sept'ei'nh'er 10, i900. Serial No. 29,479. (Nb model.)

To' all whom it may coit'cei'iil- Be it known that we, CHARLES W. HUNT and CHARLES 0. KING, citizens of the United States, residing in West New Brighton, borough of Richmond, city of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof,

Chain conveyers for carrying coal and other substances and having buckets which are pivoted between chains provided with rollers running upon tracks are usually provided with rods which extend from one chain to the other to maintain the chains and rollers in proper position during the movements of the conveyer, the rollers and the tracks on which they run being comparatively narrow. The use of such rods, however, is undesirable in some respects. By this invention it is proposed to dispense altogether with the use of rods extending from one chain to the other and yet to secure the necessary stability of the chains and rollers under all conditions of use. To this end the buckets are hung from the chains at each side within the base of the rollers which support the chains upon the tracks, whereby the normal conditions of each chain is one of stability.

A convenient and practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in order that the nature of the invention may be clearly explained and fully understood.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a portion of a conveyer which embodies the invention. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view illustrating a slight modification.

In the construction chosen for illustration in the drawings the tracks A support the flanged wheels or rollers B, which are mounted upon short shafts C, such shafts receiving between the separated wheels or rollers B the links D, which, with the shafts and rollers, make up each traveling chain. or hearing of the rollers upon the tracks is A broad tread.

desirable, and it is obvious that the rollers and tracks may be arranged otherwise than as shown in order to afford such wide bearing. Furthermore, although the hanging of the buckets upon the chains within the base of the rollers might be effected otherwise than as shown the arrangement of the separated wheels upon the ends of the short shafts, with the links of the chain interposed between the wheels of each pair, permits the buckets E to be hung easily in the desired manner by mounting the trunnions F of tho buckets, at each side thereof, directly in the links, the trunnions being of such length as to engage two links, as shown in Fig. 1, or only one link, as shown in Fig. 3. In this manner it will be observed, the buckets being hung from the links, which are themselves placed between the wheels or rollers, the weight of the buckets is suspended from each chain within the roller-base of such chain.

W hatever details of construction are adapt ed, either as to the arrangement of the wheels or rollers or as to the particular manner of hanging the buckets from the chains, it will be understood that by hanging thebuckets within the wheel or roller-base at each side the stability of the chains is secured under all conditions of use and no binding between the links of the chain norof the buckets upon their supporting-pivots is possible, although the buckets themselves form the only connection between the chains.

We claim as our invention- 1. In a conveyer the combination of chains comprising links and rollers, tracks upon which said rollers are mounted, and buckets hung from said chains at points between the vertical planes of the innermost and outermost points at which the rollers are in contact with the tracks, whereby the stability of each chain is assured, said buckets forming,

the only connection between said chains, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a conveyer, the combination of chains comprising short shafts, separated rollers on said shafts and links engaging said shafts between the rollers thereon, tracks upon which said rollers are mounted, and buckets hung from said links, whereby the buckets are sup- This specification signed and witnessed this ported at each side at points between the ver- 7 th day of September, A. D. 1900. tical planes of the innermost and outermost points at which the rollers are in contact with the tracks, and the stability of each chain is l assured, said buckets forming the only con- In presence ofnection between said chains, substantially as ROY QUICK,

shown and described. J. O. BRAUN. 

